9 November 2014
CAGLIARI 1 (Farias 16)
GENOA 1 (Rossettini 53 og)
The normally excellent Perrin rushed off his line to block Farias' run onto a longball but Farias flicked the ball post him and ran it into an empty net. Rossettini turned a centre into his own net. Conti dived to win a penalty and earn Sturaro a red but Perrin made amends for his earlier mistake by saving Avelar's penalty and Longo missed an open goal on the rebound by shanking wide.
Attendance : 8,000
Red Card : Sturaro 75 (Genoa)
Assists : Rossettini, n/a
CHIEVO 2 (Pellissier 48, Pellissier 90)
CESENA 1 (Djuric 88)
Pellissier fired Chievo into the lead after Radovanovic's speculative effort fell kindly for him. Djuric equalised via a massive deflection off Cesar but two minutes later Bellomo's teasing free kick drew out Leali and Pellissier headed into an empty net to claim three valuable points.
Attendance : 9,500
Assists : Radovanovic, n/a, Bellomo
EMPOLI 2 (Barba 52, Maccarone 56)
LAZIO 1 (Djordjevic 67)
Lazio had been on a great run of form but were undone by two goals in four minutes. Barba gave the hosts the leads with a great flick header. Mario Rui caught the Lazio defence cold with a clever free kick, Maccarone split from the pack and volleyed over ? Djordjevic headed in a Candreva cross but Lazio couldn't find a way back.
Attendance : 10,000
Assists : Valdifiori, Mario Rui, Candreva
JUVENTUS 7 (Llorente 24, Lichtsteiner 30, Llorente 37, Tevez 50, Tevez 58, Morata 76, Morata 88)
PARMA 0
Llorente tapped in a rebound after Mirante spilled from Pogba. Lichtsteiner thumped in the second from the edge of the box before making the third for Llorente. Tevez scored a fantastic goal. He shrugged off Costa as he turned onto a loose ball 60 yards from goal, he cut inside Lucarelli, nutmegged Felipe then ran around him onto his own pass before side footing inside the right post. Magnificent. Tevez smashed in a rebound before Morata came off the bench to also bag a brace, his second a volley from Lichtsteiner's cross.
Attendance : 39,097
Assists : n/a, n/a, Lichtsteiner, Padoin, n/a, Coman, Lichtsteiner
PALERMO 1 (Dybala 43 Pen)
UDINESE 1 (Thereau 5)
Thereau headed in a rebound. A scandalous dive won Palermo a penalty. Di Natale was injured so Dybala took it. Guilherme checked Dybala as he ran into the box but Dybala's second penalty was brilliantly saved by Karnezis.
Attendance : 15,658
Assists : n/a, Barreto (won pen)
FIORENTINA 0
NAPOLI 1 (Higuain 62)
Attendance : 31,987
Assist : n/a
INTER 2 (Icardi 18, Icardi 48)
VERONA 2 (Toni 10, Lopez 89)
Toni slammed in a volley at the far post after that Greek lad headed back a cross. Icardi also volleyed in from close range to equalise. Palacio beat Verona's offside trap and centred for Icardi's second. Medel was sent off for preventing a shot whacking him in the face but Handanovic saved the penalty. Saviola, yes THAT Saviola, played in Lopez with a great reverse pass and he blasted inside the right post to equalise.
Mazzarri was fired sometime over the past week and Mancini has been appointed as his replacement. A safe option but he's obviously not going to match the success he had first time round.
Attendance : 27,314
Red Card : Medel 51 (Inter)
Assists : Christodoulopoulos, Palacio, n/a, Saviola
ROMA 3 (Torosidis 8, Keita 27, Ljajic 57)
TORINO 0
Totti exchanged passes with Keita before centring to Torosidis who finished with a back heel. Keita blasted in his first Roma goal from a Pjanic lay off and Ljajic put the seal on a comfortable victory with a 20 yard rocket.
Attendance : 35,770
Assists : Totti, Pjanic, Pjanic
8 November 2014
SASSUOLO 0
ATALANTA 0
Attendance : 9,000
Assists : n/a
SAMPDORIA 2 (Okaka 46, Eder 51)
MILAN 2 (El Shaarawy 10, Menez 65 Pen)
El Shaarawy cut in from the left and thumped a shot inside the right post, his first goal since February 2012. Okaka got in front of Bonera to poke in Gabbiadini's cross and Eder pounced after Diego Lopez fumbled fro[...]

Man City's fragile European confidence was rocked further when after just two minutes Doumbia towered above their defence to emphatically head Natcho's free kick past Heart. Toure levelled with a free kick. The awful Clichy intercepted a pass but carelessly squared the ball across his defence and Natcho played in Doumbia for the winner. Fernandinho was sent off for two yellow cards and Toure followed 10 minutes later for shoving Eremenko in the face and then having the nerve to look bemused when he was shown red.

Man City's title success went to his head and he's been acting like an arrogant, lazy prick since. The birthday cake incident was pathetic and not befitting the actions of a grown man. City should ditch him.

Cillessen ran out towards the right edge of box to challenge Bartra for a cross, Bartra shielded the ball, hooked it over his head and Messi headed into an empty net. Veltman was sent off for pulling back Messi and five minutes later he turned in Pedro's centre to score his 71st UCL goal and join Raul on the all time top scorers list.

Slimani headed a cross into his own net but Sarr quickly got the hosts level when he turned in Jefferson's free kick. Jefferson blasted Sporting in front from the edge of the box and Carrillo burst down the right before pulling back for Nani to make it 3-1. Aogo gave Schalke hope with a thunderous half volley but a simple longball released Slimani for the killer 4th.

Martinez missed a first half penalty before tapping Porto into the lead following Brahimi's magical run. Iraizoz miss controlled Laporte's hospital pass and Brahimi tapped in Porto's second to continue Bilbao's miserable UCL campaign.

Adriano headed a cross to the edge of the box, Srna ran onto the ball and belted it into the roof of the net via deflection. Adriano went in late on Chernik after he saved a shot and a melee ensued. Khagush was sent off for protesting and Bate fell apart. Adriano unlocked their defence with a back heel for Teixeira's second and a defender chopped Adriano in the neck to concede the penalty. Adriano volleyed in a cross and finished off a one-touch passing move for his hat-trick.

4 November 2014
JUVENTUS 3 (Pirlo 21 fk, Roberto 65 og, Pogba 66)
OLYMPIAKOS 2 (Botia 24, Dinga 61)
Pirlo scored with a nonchalant free kick on his 100th UCL appearance. Botia headed in the equaliser from a corner. Set pieces continue to be Juve's achilles heel, largely due to Buffon being absolutely hopeless at commanding his area. As was the case when he and the Juve defence ball watched as a free kick was passed back across goal for Dinga's header. Roberto equalised when Llorente's header rebounded off the inside of a crossbar and went in off him. A minute later Pogba's attempted back heel to absolutely no one failed so he turned and blasted the ball past Roberto. Vidal's last minute penalty was brilliantly saved by Roberto, who has been the best GK in the competition this season.
Attendance : 39,091
Assists : Pogba (won fk), Dominguez, Maniatis, n/a, n/a
MALMO 0
ATLETICO MADRID 2 (Koke 30, Garcia 78)
Koke turned in Juanfran's centre with a spectacular mid-air back heel volley. Garcia fired in a rebound to end Malmo's three year unbeaten home record (in Europe).
Attendance : 20,500
Assists : Juanfran, n/a
BASEL 4 (Embolo 34, Gonzalez 41, Gashi 59, Suchy 65)
LUDOGERETS 0
17 year old Embolo, just shy at 6ft 1" (which makes him only marginally shorter than my giant 16 year old son) bounced a cross off his chest before shooting Basel into the lead and their second was a carbon copy. Gashi, who will of course be referred to as Gash, tapped in Embolo's centre and Suchy (Suchy and Gashy on the same team) helped himself to a fourth after the Bulgarians failed miserably to defend a corner.
If Basel beat Liverpool at Anfield, which is a possibility, they're through to the next round.
Attendance : 35,272
Assists : Frei, Frei, Embolo, n/a
REAL MADRID 1 (Benzema 27)
LIVERPOOL 0
Attendance : 79,283
Assist : Marcelo
ZENIT ST PETERBURG 1 (Rondon 89)
LEVERKUSEN 2 (Heung-Min Son 68, Heung-Min Son 73)
A wonderful free kick routine ended with Heung-Min Son curling a free time shot inside the right post after Bellarabi broke from the wall and touched back a free kick. A rapid counter attack gave him his second five minutes later. Rondon poked in a late consolation goal.
Attendance : 17,010
Assists : Bellarabi, Kiessling, Ryazantsev
BENFICA 1 (Talisca 82)
MONACO 0
Attendance : 32,565
Assist : Derley
ARSENAL 3 (Arteta 25 Pen, Sanchez 29, Oxlade-Chamberlain 58)
ANDERLECHT 3 (Vanden Borre 61, Vanden Borre 73 Pen, Mitrovic 90)
Wellbeck dived to win the penalty. Sanchez fired in a rebound after blasting a free kick into a wall. Kljestan moronically refused to play the ball out of defence and tried to shield it and turn away from the opposition, he was tackled twice and Oxy 10 ran through to score. Vanden Borre began the comeback with a strong run from midfield before spreading the play wide and eventually tapped in a centre. Nacho "he's Spanish so must be good" Monreal sacked Mitrovic to concede Anderlecht's penalty. Mitrovic completed the comeback when he threw himself at Najar's tremendous cross to equalise.
Attendance : 59,872
Assists : Welbeck (won pen), n/a, n/a, Kawaya, Mitrovic (won pen), Najar
DORTMUND 4 (Reus 39, Papastathopoulos 56, Immobile 74, Kaya 85 og)
GALATASARAY 1 (Balta 70)
An exquisite through pass helped Reus break the deadlock. Insert name here-poulos scrambled in Dortmund's second from a corner. Balta headed in a corner but Immobile, on as a sub, hit back immediately as Dortmund broke from a corner, he bravely threw himself at the ball as Muslera dived at his feet. That's 7 goals in 16 appearances already for Immobile, only 10 of which he started. He also forced the own goal.
Attendance : 65,851
Assists : Piszczek, Kehl, Sneijder (ck), Aubameyang, n/a
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3 November 2014
CESENA 1 (Defrel 22)
VERONA 1 (Gomez 77)
Hugo Almeida, yes the crap Portuguese striker, headed down a longball for Defrel to give Cesena the lead. Gomez equalised with a looping header.
Attendance : 15,375
Assists : Almeida, Tachtsidis
LAZIO 4 (Mauri 7, Klose 25, Klose 26, Ederson 93)
CAGLIARI 2 (Braafheid 48, Joao Pedro 84)
Mauri reacted to a series of deflections to give Lazio an early lead. Klose scored two goals in a minute. The first from close range after a slow motion counter attack and the second after Cagliari cheaply lost possession.
Disgraceful defending, in particular from Ciani, ended with a shot going in off Braafheid. Pedro set up a tense finish, despite Cagliari being reduced to ten men, and Ciani was again at fault for making a piss poor attempt to challenge Benedetti for a cross but Ederson, on as a late sub, tapped in Candreva's centre. Onazi was involved in the move and it's good to see him back after Matuidi's criminal foul left him with a broken leg.
Attendance : 30,151
Red Card : Ibarbo 73 (Cagliari)
Assists : Klose, Lulic, Lulic, n/a, Benedetti, Candreva
2 November 2014
CHIEVO 0
SASSUOLO 0
Attendance : 5,500
Assists : n/a
SAMPDORIA 3 (Palombo 27 Pen, Rizzo 43, Eder 78)
FIORENTINA 1 (Savic 45)
Soriano tripped over his own feet to win the penalty. Palombo conceded one at the other end but Rodriguez poor spot kick was saved by Romero. Rizzo equalised from a short corner. He crushed a defender with a brilliant dummy but Neto should have saved his near post effort. Savic headed Fiorentina back into the match on half time. Eder came off the bench to score the game killing goal. Eder ran 70 yards, dribbled in and around Rodriguez and Pizarro before slotting past Neto.
Attendance : 20,000
Assists : Soriano (won pen), n/a, Valero, n/a
TORINO 0
ATALANTA 0
Attendance : 16,000
Assists : n/a
UDINESE 2 (Di Natale 23 seconds, Widmer 40)
GENOA 4 (Marchese 22, Iago 25, Matri 54, Kucka 87)
Di Natale scored after just 23 seconds, a super pass and poorly executed offside trap giving him his 199th career goal. Marchese equalised with a spectacular half volley from the edge of the box. Iago tapped in a rebound to give Genoa the lead but Udinese fought back to go in level at half time. Di Natale played in Widmer on the overlap and he fired first time into the left corner. Matri crashed a centre in off a post and Kucka scored the pick of the goal in a game of great goals with a blockbuster of a right foot shot that violently smashed in off the underside of the crossbar.
Attendance : 10,400
Assists : Kone, n/a, n/a, Di Natale, Iago, Bertolacci
MILAN 0
PALERMO 2 (Zapata 23 og, Dybala 26)
Zapata headed Dybala's corner into his own net and the youngster added a second three minutes later when he shrugged off a feeble challenge to chase down Barreto's through ball and waited for Lopez to drop to his knees before whipping a shot inside the right post.
Attendance : 28,272
Assists : n/a, Barreto
1 November 2014
NAPOLI 2 (Higuain 3, Callejon 85)
ROMA 0
Garcia seems determined to hand the title to Juventus as he was deservedly punished for fielding a second string side ahead of the Bayern thrashing. Higuain pounced on a deflected cross to score with a spectacular scissor kick. Higuain curled a ball around a square defence for Callejon to continue his red hot streak in front of goal, last week's miss from a yard out notwithstanding.
Attendance : 30,000
Assists : n/a, Higuain
EMPOLI 0
JUVENTUS 2 (Pirlo 60 fk, Morata 72)
Pirlo dropped a free kick into the bottom left corner. Morata scored a brilliant second after combining with Tevez. He stepped inside a defender, pushed the ball onto his right foot and whipped a shot into the top left corner.
Attendance : 16,000
Red Card : Tonelli 95 (Empoli)
Assists : n/a, Tevez
PARMA 2 (De Ceglie 5, De Ceglie 76)
INTER 0
A brace from fullback De Ceglie gave[...]

Denis took advantage of trademark Napoli defending to head in a cross. Higuain equalised in a match which Napoli admittedly dominated, turned his marker and firing past Sportiello. Higuain missed a 92nd minute penalty.

Attendance : 15,000
Assists : Raimondi, Insigne

CAGLIARI 1 (Ibarbo 24)
MILAN 1 (Bonaventura 34)

Abbiati charged off his line to intercept a cross and got nowhere near the ball as Ibarbo headed Cagliari into a deserved lead. Bonaventura equalised with a ridiculous 30 yard lob from far left of goal.

Attendance : 16,000
Assists : Sau, Abate

FIORENTINA 3 (Babacar 44, Babacar 70, Valero 80)
UDINESE 0

Babacar poked Fiorentina into a half time lead on the rebound. Fiorentina were firing crosses into Babacar and he converted one with a good first touch before blasting in from closer range. Cuadrado danced at the feet for Udinese defenders before rolling a centre to Valero who beat Karnezis with an impudent shot that left him rooted.

Attendance : 27,016
Assists : n/a, Cuadrado, Cuadrado

GENOA 1 (Antonini 94)
JUVENTUS 0

The news wasn't necessary that Juve suffered their first defeat, on Buffon's 500th appearance or the encouraging debut by Genoa's 17 year old midfielder Mandragora, it was feel good story behind Genoa's victory. Antonini, dubbed the angel of the mud, scored the late winning goal. Earlier in the month when the city was wrecked by floods Luca and his wife Benedetta Balleggi took shovels to the worst effected areas and helped out.

Attendance : 21,971
Assists : Matri

INTER 1 (Icardi 90 Pen)
SAMPDORIA 0

Attendance : 28,057
Assists : Kuzmanovic (won pen)

PALERMO 1 (Rigoni 81)
CHIEVO 0

Attendance : 13,985
Assist : n/a

ROMA 2 (Destro 8, De Rossi 81)
CESENA 0

Destro tapped Roma into the lead from Gervinho's centre. Yanga-Mbiwa headed down a corner for De Rossi to hook home Roma's second.

Zielinski sliced Pucciarelli's centre and the ball broke to Croce who fired in at the back post. The visitors hit the woodwork twice either side of the half before Missiroli equalised. Taider whipped in a cross for the right as Missiroli ghosted past two defenders before volleying his side level. Berardi shanked a penalty but Floccari spared his blushes with a fantastic goal. He ran through a challenge to intercept a defender then hit an explosive shot, with both his feet leaving the ground as he sent a shot curling towards the left corner. Berardi headed in Sassuolo's third at the back post.

The smallest teams in the league with a combined population of 100,000.